SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages and tectonic implications for Indosinian granitoids of southern Zhuguangshan granitic composite,South China

The large southern Zhuguangshan granitic batholith composite consists of granites with ages varying from the Caledonian through Indosinian to Yanshanian. Based on K-Ar dating data, the ages of the major parts of this composite were previously regarded as Yanshanian. In this study, the SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating method has been adopted for six plutons, Ledong, Longhuashan, Dawozi, Zhaidi, Baiyun and Jiangnan, in the southern Zhuguangshan composite, in which the four plutons other than Baiyun and Jiangnan were previously regarded as Yanshanian granites. Magmatic zircons from these six plutons, dated by this study, have yielded ages of 239±5 Ma (MSWD = 2.5), 239±5 Ma (MSWD = 2.5), 239±2 Ma (MSWD = 1.7), 239±4 Ma (MSWD = 3.2), 231±2 Ma (MSWD = 0.81) and 231±3 Ma (MSWD = 1.8), respectively. The results indicate that these plutons were formed by early Indosinian magmatism. Geochemical characteristics suggest that these granites were formed in an extensional tectonic environment. Therefore, the Indosinian period granites in the southern Zhuguangshan composite were formed by partial melting of the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic crustal components during the collapse of thickened lithosphere after the collision between the South China and Indosinian plates.     

长乐-诏安断裂带形成时代的锆石U-Pb年代学约束及其地质意义

为厘定长乐-诏安断裂带的形成时代及活动峰期,运用激光剥蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICP-MS)锆石U-Pb测年法对平潭辉绿岩墙、二长花岗岩围岩及南日岛动力变质花岗闪长岩开展了测年工作,结果表明带内大规模花岗质岩石的形成与大型走滑活动是同期的,辉绿岩墙结晶年龄代表断裂带走滑剪切形成深切地壳张性破裂时间,辉绿岩中捕获的继承岩浆锆石年龄较老,最新结晶锆石年龄为131 Ma,围岩的锆石年龄加权平均值为(133. 4±0. 8) Ma,动力变质花岗岩锆石的年龄加权平均值为(130. 3±1. 0) Ma。首次发现的假玄武玻璃是对早白垩世断裂带强烈活动形成的古地震事件的记录,该带的基底可能为华夏古陆的一部分,其初始形成时代主要为侏罗纪-早白垩纪。     

江西三百山盆地粗面岩锆石年代学与地球化学制约

三百山盆地的粗面岩主要出现在盆地东部仰天湖破火山口构造中,粗面岩锆石SHRIMP测年的年龄为141.56±0.96 Ma,应归属于早白垩世.盆地粗面岩具有钾含量高,全碱含量高,稀土元素配分曲线图表现为右倾的轻稀土富集型,Eu负异常不明显或表现为正异常的特征,表明三百山盆地的粗面岩属橄榄玄粗岩系列,具有高压型粗面岩的特征,标志着一个加厚的陆壳存在;岩浆物质来源于由上地壳物质俯冲到深部与地幔的混合而形成的再循环富集地幔,岩石形成的构造环境为“同碰撞”环境,代表挤压至拉张过渡构造环境.     

浙西北钟吕群流纹岩锆石U-Pb年龄及其年代地层学意义

 钟吕群出露于浙西北地区,为一套强变形、浅变质的碎屑岩-火山岩系,其下未见底,上被南华纪休宁组不整合覆盖。传统上将其对比于赣东北双桥山群。本文主要研究钟吕群流纹岩的锆石U-Pb 年龄。样品A120408-4 采自苏庄断层以北,层位上属钟吕群的中上部,岩性为灰白色致密块状流纹岩,强烈片理化。样品A120408-4 中获得大量锆石,完成LA-ICP-MS 锆石UPb定年测点38 个,获得年龄加权平均值为(777.1±3.6)Ma,结合地层特点及变质变形特征,得出钟吕群主体相当于河上镇群上墅组,应属扬子古陆新元古代晚期大陆裂谷的地质记录。     

锆石U-Pb定年与微量元素分析的地质应用

 锆石U-Pb定年与微量元素同时测定的原位微区分析是目前应用最广泛的地质测年方法之一,对锆石形貌学、内部结构及地球化学特征进行深入研究,是正确理解、解释锆石原位微区分析测年结果的关键。通过锆石的阴极发光图像（CL）、背散射电子图像（BSE）,结合锆石的Th/U比值及稀土配分模式曲线特征,可判别不同锆石的成因类型;通过锆石的微量元素分析,可判别锆石寄主岩石的成因类型及形成环境;利用Ti温度计可限定岩体的岩浆源区深度范围,结合锆石寄主岩石类型及寄主岩石中深源包裹体的研究,可进一步推断锆石母岩浆的起源。锆石U-Pb定年与微量元素分析相结合的地质测年方法,已成功地应用于最大沉积地层时代限定、碎屑岩物源分析以及古洋盆演化过程约束等方面,且具有强有力的发展前景。     

内蒙狼山新元古代酸性火山岩的发现及其地质意义

在内蒙狼山西南段原定为中元古代沉积建造(渣尔泰山群)中, 新发现呈层产出、具有变余聚斑状和斑状结构、斑晶主要由石英和钠长石组成、岩石化学成分富钠低钾的酸性火山岩, 其顶、底板均为细晶方解石大理岩(或结晶灰岩). 两件代表性样品的锆石呈短柱状-长柱状, 内部环状结构发育, 具有较高的Th/U比值, 表明是岩浆成因. A8-0样品20粒锆石的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为(816.9±4.5) Ma. A14-5样品也测定20粒锆石, 15粒锆石的²⁰⁶Pb/²³⁸U加权平均年龄为(805±5.0) Ma, 其余5粒锆石(3.1, 6.1, 7.1, 20.1, 21.1)依次为(867.0±10), (829.1±8.0), (849.7±9.8), (839.2±9.7), (830.7±9.3) Ma. 这证实酸性火山岩属于新元古代产物, 其年龄区间正好在 Rodinia(罗迪尼亚)超大陆裂解的时限范围内. 且酸性火山岩轻稀土富集, 重稀土亏损, 铕负异常明显, 高场强元素(HFSE)富集, 大离子亲石元素等相对亏损, 稀土和微量元素组成与华南扬子块体西缘和浙江次坞地区裂谷环境的新元古代酸性火山岩总体相似(但华南酸性火山岩的高场强元素Th, Nb, Ta, Hf, Zr均明显相对亏损), 具有形成于张性裂谷盆地的特征. 这表明内蒙狼山西南段存在与新元古代Rodinia超大陆裂解作用相呼应的海相火山-沉积变质建造, 内蒙狼山地区可能有与Rodinia超大陆裂解作用相呼应的构造-岩浆-热事件发生. 这一发现, 结合在西部阿拉善邻区发现的晋宁期花岗岩年龄(814~872 Ma)和金川超基性岩体的年龄(827 Ma)及华北地台邻区新元古代岩浆(火山)活动的最新研究成果, 对进一步研究Rodinia超大陆的构造演化历史有重要意义.     

U-Pb dating of detrital zircons from the Wudangshan Group in the South Qinling and its geological significance

U-Pb dating was made by the LA-ICP-MS method for detrital zircons from the Wudangshan volcanic-sedimentary succession in the South Qinling. Samples comprise quartz sandstones of the Wudangshan Group collected from the base of the Yangping Formation and an upper layer of the Shuangtai Formation overlain its volcanic sequence, and two river-sand collections from the drainage systems cutting across the two formations, respectively. The results show that the Yangping detrital zircons are dominated by 830–780 Ma grains with a minor population of ~1.0–0.84 Ga and sporadic grains of ~2.6, ~2.4 and 2.0 Ga, whereas the Shuangtai zircons yield an upper intercept age of 763±33 Ma, identical to the timing of the Wudangshan volcanism within error, with few concordant grains of 1.9 and 0.86 Ga. Age spectra for the two river-sand samples are similar to those of the Yangping and Shuangtai Formations, respectively. It thus suggests that the Wudangshan strata are less than 780 Ma, whereas their major detrital zircon populations of 1.0–0.85 Ga and 830–780 Ma are consistent with timing of the Hannan magmatic activities along the northwestern margin of the South China Block. This suggests a Hannan or adjacent area provenance for the Wudangshan strata. The Wudang area is characterized by rift-related igneous events at ~755 and ~680 Ma, respectively, pointing to a tectono- magmatic history different from the Hannan area. It is inferred that the ~755 Ma magmatism is likely to indicate a separation of the South China Block from the supercontinent Rodinia, while the ~680 Ma event suggests a further split between the South Qinling and some unknown continent.     

陕南铜厂闪长岩体的成岩、成矿时代及其地质意义

铜厂闪长岩体位于扬子地台北缘勉县-略阳-阳平关三角地块区域内, 主要由闪长岩、石英闪长岩和花岗闪长岩组成。LA-ICPMS 和 SHRIMP 锆石U-Pb 同位素定年结果表明铜厂闪长岩体存在 3 个侵位结晶阶段: 早期阶段的闪长岩形成于 879 ±7 Ma; 中期阶段的石英闪长岩形成于 848±5 ～840±7 Ma, 含矿钠长岩脉于 834±7 Ma侵位结晶, 与中期阶段石英闪长岩侵位时代在误差范围内一致; 晚期阶段花岗闪长岩形成于 824±5 Ma。这些新的年代学数据表明铜厂闪长岩体及其相伴生的大型铜厂铜矿形成于晋宁期, 而不是古生代, 揭示了扬子地台北缘存在重要的新元古代早期岩浆活动, 与 Rodinia 超大陆的裂解事件在时间上( 860 ～750 Ma) 基本一致, 是Rodinia 超大陆事件在扬子地台北缘的重要响应。     

甘肃北山桥湾北花岗岩体的年代学、地球化学及其地质意义

为加深对北山晚古生代构造演化的认识, 选取位于甘肃北山南带、敦煌地块北缘的桥湾北花岗岩体进行年代学、地球化学研究。桥湾北角闪石花岗岩体锆石LA-ICP MS年龄为303.7±2.4 Ma, ε_Hf(t)为-1.2~5.8, ε_Nd(t)相对较高(-0.40~-0.06), (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr)_i =(0.704524~0.705062)。 桥湾北花岗岩体K₂O含量为4.09%~5.58%, 属高钾钙碱性岩石, A/CNK值在0.92~1.04之间, 为I型花岗岩; 微量元素较富集LILE, 相对亏损HFSE, 有明显的Nb, Ta负异常。岩体具相对富集的微弱分馏的轻稀土元素, 重稀土元素分馏不明显, 基本没有Eu异常。由Hf, Nd同位素及地球化学特征判断, 桥湾北花岗岩体为壳幔混合成因, 其形式可以是底侵的幔源岩浆再分异, 上升过程中遭受地壳物质混染。根据区域构造背景及岩石学、地球化学特征, 可以认为桥湾北岩体是北山南带后碰撞过程岩浆活动的产物, 反映出在晚石炭世北山地区的碰撞拼贴已经完成。     

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age of tuff at the bottom of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation,Zunyi, South China

A SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology study of the tuff at the bottom of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation at Songlin, Zunyi, South China yielded a mean ^206Pb/^238U age of 518±5 Ma. It is significantly younger than the Re-Os ages of 537--542 Ma for the overlying polymetallic Ni-Mo-PGE-rich layer in the basal Niutitang Formation at Songlin, suggesting that the Re-Os ages might represent that of the original magma chamber for the Ni-Mo-PGE-rich layer rather than the formation age of the strata. The intra-basinal stratigraphic correlation also implies that the absolute age of the Chengjiang biota should be younger than 518±5 Ma. Our new result, together with the SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age for the K-bentonite in the Zhongyicun member of the Zhujiaqing Formation at the Meishucun section, Yunnan Province, provides a temporal constraint for the Lower Cambrian of the Yangtze Platform in South China.